Chapter 2

Song Yan's stern, proper face suddenly showed a hint of a smile.

Although he didn't answer, Yuan Yao could tell.

——He doesn't believe it.

Yuan Yao pursed her lips.

At that moment, a mechanical voice from the 250 system echoed in Yuan Yao's sea of consciousness: 【Target: Song Yan, Awakening Value: 0.】

Yuan Yao paused her steps and asked, "Eldest Senior Brother, where are the master and the others?"

Hearing this, Song Yan recalled what had happened on the way: "Originally, Master was leading us to capture you for training, but halfway, Master was summoned by the sect leader to the main peak. After Master left, Lingwei and the others knew you don't like to be disturbed while sleeping, so they made up an excuse and left with me."

Yuan Yao's mouth twitched slightly; these guys really understand her.

In this world, only Master and Eldest Senior Brother have never given up on letting me cultivate properly.

Seeing Yuan Yao lost in thought, Song Yan was about to say something when the communication token in his storage space lit up.

He and Yuan Yao almost simultaneously took out their communication tokens.

They exchanged a glance.

"It's a message from Master."

After they infused their spiritual power into the tokens, a line of text quickly appeared above:

——Come quickly to the Hall of Heaven's Decree.

"To the Hall of Heaven's Decree?" Yuan Yao frowned slightly; normally only major matters would prompt Master to summon them there.

"Let's go, Yao Yao." Song Yan called Yuan Yao's nickname.

"Sure." Yuan Yao replied cheerfully, she closed the door, then quickly walked to Song Yan's side, they walked side by side, and she casually asked, "What exactly does Master want from us?"

"It should be something important."

Yuan Yao glanced at her Eldest Senior Brother; he really was growing taller and more mature in bearing.

Ten years ago, she and they were both taken in as Master's personal disciples.

Eldest Senior Brother has always been upright and righteous; describing him with the phrase "clear wind and bright moon, an exemplary gentleman" is not an exaggeration.

So she could never have imagined that he would turn dark for the female lead, slaughter innocents, and betray his original intentions.

Song Yan's steps paused slightly, he turned his head to look at her, "What's wrong?"

Yuan Yao blinked and said, "Eldest Senior Brother, you're strangely handsome."

Song Yan choked, then helplessly said, "You're pretty too."

That sentence truly came from his heart.

Since childhood, Yuan Yao has been extremely lovable; as she grew up, her beauty became even more striking—ice‑skin and jade‑bones, a face like peach blossoms, large, beautiful, bright eyes, complexion fairer than snow, a refreshing ponytail, and a white dress that she wore with a radiant air.

As she moved, her high ponytail swayed back and forth, who knows how many young hearts it has stirred.

…

Outside the Hall of Heaven's Decree.

"Master, we're here!"

Yuan Yao and Song Yan, as usual, walked straight into the Hall of Heaven's Decree.

Yuan Yao keenly caught sight of an unfamiliar girl's figure.

And that unfamiliar figure also turned slightly at that moment and looked over.

Their gazes met.

"This is Master's newly accepted personal disciple, Lu Xiangxiang; from now on she will be your junior sister." Their master, Qianji Shan's voice, slowly transmitted.

Song Yan staggered slightly, his gaze falling on the white figure not far away; the girl was beautiful, yet for some reason he felt her face resembled Yao Yao's a bit.

The only thing not quite similar is the eyes.

Yao Yao's eyes are bright, full of hope, like the sun giving warmth; whereas this girl's eyes carry a coldness, seeming to hold some stubbornness and resilience.

"250, why has the female lead appeared early?" Yuan Yao asked in her sea of consciousness.

The 250 system gave no response.

Yuan Yao asked again.

Still no response.

Yuan Yao's voice turned cold, "250, I want to stab the female lead to death."

【Don't ever do that!】

"I'm going to kill her now." Saying that, Yuan Yao was about to draw her five‑colored sword from her storage space.

The 250 system panicked and sped up its voice to 2.0×: 【The female lead Lu Xiangxiang appearing early in the Carefree Sect is because she has been reborn! Host, killing her will cause this world to collapse; your master, your senior brothers and sisters will all die! Please be careful!】

Yuan Yao walked toward Lu Xiangxiang and smiled, "Junior sister, I am Yuan Yao of the Yuan clan; from now on I will be your senior sister."

Lu Xiangxiang looked in the direction of the voice, unable to stop scrutinizing the Carefree Sect's white‑moon little junior sister Yuan Yao; she indeed looked very much like herself, recalling how in her past life she had been used as a stand‑in for Yuan Yao, her face darkened slightly.

"Sixth senior sister." Lu Xiangxiang lowered her eyes and said.

At that moment, the silver‑haired man seated in the chief position above spoke again.

"Xiangxiang, from now on you should cultivate together with them."

Lu Xiangxiang raised her head to look at Qianji Shan; she saw his youthful, handsome face, the kind of beauty like a snow‑capped peak, and when he frowned coldly, his dignity was fully displayed.

Seeing Qianji Shan like that, she couldn't help but recall how in her past life he had been extremely harsh toward her, and resentment and hatred welled up in her heart.

If Qianji Shan hadn't gotten drunk and spilled the truth, she would probably still be clueless, kept in the dark.

Lu Xiangxiang snorted coldly in her heart.

In this life, she will absolutely not sink into the illusions fabricated by the Carefree Sect; if it weren't for the sect's secret treasure, she wouldn't have stepped into the Carefree Sect at all.

Lu Xiangxiang's gaze fell on Song Yan; recalling how in her past life he had gone mad for her, fallen into demonry, and slaughtered for her, a strange feeling flickered in her heart.

The Qianji Shan above spoke: "Ah Yan, Yao Yao, take Xiangxiang to dwell on Martial Heaven Peak."

Song Yan asked puzzledly, "Master, do we not need to introduce Junior Sister Lu to Lingwei and the others to get to know?"

Qianjue Shan said, "Lingwei and the others have already left the Carefree Sect just now and headed for Wuduan Senlin. As for the introduction, we'll talk about it after they return to the sect."

【Ding! Detected that within the secret realm of Wuduan Senlin there will appear a target person numbering over a hundred; please, host, go to Wuduan Senlin to complete the conquest mission.】The voice of the 250 System echoed in Yuan Yao's sea of consciousness.

【The system detected that the target person Qianjue Shan's Awakening Value is 1.】

After hearing the idiot's words, Yuan Yao fell into thought.

Afterwards, she raised her head to look at Qianjue Shan and said, "Master, I want to go to Wuduan Senlin for training."

Upon hearing this, Qianjue Shan, Song Yan, and Lu Xiangxiang were all startled.

Qianjue Shan and Song Yan both thought they had misheard, because previously Yuan Yao had never voluntarily said she wanted to go somewhere for training.

Lu Xiangxiang furrowed her brows, recalling matters concerning Yuan Yao from her previous life.

Clearly, Yuan Yao had not left the Carefree Sect……

How could this be……

Could it be because she appeared early in the Carefree Sect, thus invisibly altering Yuan Yao's fate?

Lu Xiangxiang pressed her lips tightly, her brows furrowed.

"Are you really going?" Qianjue Shan, although pleased with Yuan Yao's change, found her current cultivation too low and could not rest easy.